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TIL about The Poseidon, or Status-6 Multipurpose System, which is a Russian nuclear-powered underwater drone capable of creating half-kilometer tall tsunamis with a 200 megaton nuclear blast. The Russian Navy has already ordered the construction of 30 such devices.

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